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angles very long, pointing backwards ; thorax acutely an- 

 gular, margined with black ; abdomen pale yellow-white, 

 lateral transverse fasciae confluent, deep liver- colour. 



Gonoides stylifer. Nitzsch. Germ. Mag. iii. p. 294. Burmeister Hand- 

 buch, ii. pt. ii. p. 432. Steph. Cat. pt. ii. p. 333. Pediculus Meleagris, 

 Schr. En. Tns. Austr. 504. 1029. 



Head large; clypeus rotundate, with a pitchy margin, 

 posterior angles considerably produced, conical and acute, 

 occiput contracted and truncate, lateral margin black ; eyes 

 pale, large, and flat ; antennae pale chestnut, the first joint 

 in the male large and conical, with a strong tooth on the 

 inferior edge, third recurved or produced towards the pro- 

 jection on the first, fourth and fifth very small, inserted at an 

 acute angle in the back of the third (fig. e.), in the female 

 simple and setaceous (fig. f.) ; prothorax long and 'conical, 

 acutely angulated on each side at the base and truncate ; 

 metathorax large, acutely triangular, with a black marginal 

 band ; abdomen turbinate, pale yellow-white, the first and 

 seventh segments, with the lateral fasciae of the interme- 

 diate, which are confluent, bright, liver-brown, the lower 

 margin of each segment nearly black, stigmatic orifices 

 and sutures pale, last two segments bright chestnut, lateral 

 margin with tufts of long hairs ; legs thick and strong. 

 Length 1^. 



Common upon the Turkey (Meleagris Gallopavo), fre- 

 quenting the head, neck, and breast, a very beautiful spe- 

 cies, and readily distinguished from all the others of the 

 sub-genus by the horn-like projections of the back part of the 

 head, as well as the peculiar form of thorax. The males 

 of this and all the other species of Goniodes use the first and 

 third joints of the antennae with great facility, acting the 

 part of a finger and thumb. 



